Work Life: Fire behavior analyst

Friday, September 21, 2007

Meet Mike Powell, a fire behavior analyst. It's his job to predict how wildfires will burn. We found him sizing up a blaze in Idaho.

Firefighters keep watch as flames burn through trees near Fawnskin, Calif. on Sept. 18, 2007. (David McNew/Getty Images)

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